Ukraine: Justice for POWs
As evidence grows of the cruel treatment and extrajudicial execution of Ukrainian captives, legal and human rights bodies are building strategies for prosecution.
As evidence grows of the cruel treatment and extrajudicial execution of Ukrainian captives, legal and human rights bodies are building strategies for prosecution.
Large teams of forensic experts work together with law enforcement officers and criminologists to collect evidence for future trials.
Legislative solutions sought to help lift long-standing obstacles to pursuing the Russian government in national courts.
“I don't have any emotions right now. All my tears have been cried.”
Nearly six months of Russian occupation have left behind a terrible legacy.
Communication is sketchy in the Russian-occupied city as former residents try to locate loved ones struggling to access fuel, food and water.
Survivor describes heavy bombing, food shortages and intense loneliness of the siege.
“We felt a terrible sense of guilt that we were safe, and there were people left in danger.”
Ukraine’s second largest city is critical for control of the country’s east, but resistance is holding up.
A family describes the “hell” of days under Russian bombardment without water, fuel or contact with the outside world.